From: Scientific American
What Are Everyday Daydreamers Like?
Scientific American:
“Before experimenting, isn’t it appropriate to know as exactly as possible on what one is going to experiment?” — Sartre
Rarely do I read a scientific paper that overwhelms me with so much excitement, awe, and reverence. Well, a new paper in Psychological Science has really got me revved up, and I am bursting to share their findings with you!
Most research on mind-wandering and daydreaming draws on either two methods: strict, laboratory conditions that ask people to complete boring, cognitive tasks and retrospective surveys that ask people to recall how often they daydream in daily life. It has been rather difficult to compare these results to each other; laboratory tasks aren’t representative of how we normally go about our day, and surveys are prone to memory distortion.
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